Garden tractor with interchangeable power tool



Oct. 21, 1952 p, YACQBY 2,614,473

GARDEN TRACTOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE POWER TOOL Filed Jan. 27, 1949 's Sheets-Sheet 2 46 Fir 1K I gag mwsmog.

MM 3m Oct. 21, 1952 p, YACQBY 2,614,473

GARDEN TRACTOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE POWER TOOL Filed Jan; 27, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. /2.

' Paul E. Yacaby INVENTOR.

. enema-a. 21', 1952 'This invention relates generally to ant-grimtural implement Y adapted to be operated: by a walking attendant, andmore particularly to a frame construction adapting the implement for use with a variety of attachments "which zcanbe selectively secured in operative positions upon frame i 7' -'i-:q v if 7 Q. A first object of 'this invention is-t0 provide a Y novel frame construction for an implement of this character and novelmeans for securing-the different attachments in pla'ceon the frame, 1 1 'Stilla'nother object of this -invention is'to provide a rotary cultivator' as'sembly otimproved design and-adapted for easy andadjus'table attachment onthe frame of-the implement. The last object to be mentioned specifically: is to provide a devicefof the mentioned character which will beeconomical toma'nuiacture; simple, safe and convenientto operate, and which will ive'g'enerally-efficient and durable servicei- With these objects definitely in -view,---this"inv'ention resides in certain novel features of con- "struction', combination and arrangement of-elements and portions as will be hereinafter' described in detail in the specification, particularly 1 pointed out in the appended claims; and: illus-' trated --in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of thi 's' application; and in "-which'z 1 Figure l is a V {:plement adapted for'use with a rotary cultivatur s I fag; 1

Figure 2-is a top plan'view 'of the'samefpor- -tions being broken away to conservespace; the *rotary cultivator assemblybeing shown ir'ithe same position as in Figure 1 in fulllines, and inasecond'positionin dash lines;

Figure'3 is a front'elevational.view of the im-- plement with the cultivator assembly in .line position of Figure'l'; t

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the upper endportionof the handle and parts "carried thereby;-

Figure 5. is:an' enlarged fragmentary, rear elethe full vationalviewof the-machine anddesigned par-- .ticularly illustrating thezgeneral. arrangement of side elevational' view ot the' im- *.GA DEN-TRACTOR WITH INTERCHANGE i I AliL-EPPOWER 'rooL i l an! E. j fapte oiiy, Seal Beach, Calif.

7, 1949, Serial N0 73,038

sectional view showing.

ltrating the implement rotary mower assembly;

illustrated in Figure 10. .Similar characters of adapted for. use with; a

' Figure 10 is'a side elevationalview illustrating the implement adapted for use with a reciprocating type mower;

Figure 11 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical the simplemeans H used to secure the. attachment plate carrying; the motor on the bed plate of the frame; and

Figurel2 is. a top plan view ofthe structure reference designate similar or identicalelements and parts through- I out the specification and throughout the different views of'the drawings. 5

Referring now'to. the drawings in detail, this invention includesa frame, generally} indicated bythe numeral l0,- and of-generally inverted U- shape, comprising a fiat rectangular bedplate [2, depending side members l4 secured {tothe underside of the bed plate l2 and-adapted to carryshort aligned axles l6 whereonhapair of ground wheels l8 are mounted at opposite sides of said frame" 10. A pair of guiding handlemembers 20 extend upwardly. and rearwardlyfrom the frame l0 and which are suitably attached to said members l4.

.:A:r'otary cultivator assembly, generallyg in dicated by the numeral 22, is mounted .upon the is indirectly mounted, as presently described,

frame in; andis driven by a drive pulley 24'fwhich upon what will be hereinafter referred to as a shank26 adjustably extending out, of a; sleeve 28, ior setting inwardly or outwardly. of said sleeve by'the set screw 30, said sleeve 28 being carried'by a pair of spacedyarms 32 which are rterminally secured within fastening means,

with a thumb screw.

preferably comprised of short hollow cylinders 35, said fastening means 34 being secured upon corners of an attachment plate v36 which is of a size similar to the bed plate [2 and mounted thereon, as presentlydethe mechanism'used to drive "-the ground wheels;

Figure 8 is a front elevationalview illustrating.

the implement adapted for'use with the rotary cultivator assembly shifted into a, diiferent-poof pulleys 44 secured ateach end of a drive-shaft *sition than thatshown in Figuresl and 2';

scribed. Another hollow cylindrical fastenin' 7 means 38, also provided; with a thumb screw-39,

is mounted by means of'bracket members!!! centrally upon the lower side ofthe bedplate 12, to extend longitudinally of the implement, the

-member,38 being adapted to receive and hold the shank 28 of the rotary cultivator assembly A.motor 42, ordinarily an electric: motor-but .not necessarily so, is mounted. uponithe' attach-' vment plate 36 and the motor 42 will havea pair ;.of:. the :motor, each pulley beingpreierablyrcm- Fine'mb'e-rs "9S. l he" ly disposed bar we aments securable to a' channel member 'ISZ-by means 'of a bolt and wih'g nut I i I04-,*and the channelniember SIlZ'caYri'es-anarcu- {ateshieldflw adapted to" enclose the upper por- "tion of the'rotary portion'of the cultivator-assembly,

A ground contacting wheel I98 is mounted 'on -the lower'endof a bar IIIlwhichis adjustably 'securedina collar mounted upon the housing "H and 'having a set 'screw I'I2. Thisvvheel I08 I '-may be "turned to travel .over the 'ground 'in'the same "direction ias the Othernground contacting structed of a plurality of difierently sized sheaves. The belt 46 will be used to connect the'drive pulley 24 with a sheave of either of the pulleys 44 selectively for a purpose presently seen. The foregoing will make it clear that the attachment plate 36 is to be shiftable into more than one position upon the bed plate I2, and bolts with wing nuts-48 will be used to secure the attachmentplate in position" after such "adjustment.

Each of the ground contacting wheels I8 has a belt pulley 50. A gear casing 52 with a set of reduction gears indicated at 55 in Figure 5 therein is mounted upon a rear portion of the 'frame Ill and these gears connect the shaft 54 and the.

shaft 53. The shaft 54 carries a pair ofpulleys 56 one of which is aligned with one of the pulleys 44 of the motor, when the motor andthe at tachment plate 36 are secured in one position asshown in Figure 2. Itfollows that said pulleys 56 and said onepulley 44 may be connected by a belt and the shaft 53 driven at reduced-speed.

' The shaft' 54 is supported by an arm 54' on the bed plate I2. An extrafasteningineansfifi' like the means 34 is provided on the plate 35 fora tool, notshown. A pair of pulleys 58 are mount- 'ed On-the-shaft ES "andclutchmeans Ell will be ='associated- 'operatively with e'ach pull'ey '58. The clutch control meansi'ncludesfa lever Moperatively mounted on the handle structureifi and connected by an inflexible linktd." to the bars 65 ---by"me'ans of arocker fil' pivoted on the frame as "indicated at GS'and pivotally connected to another inflexible link'SQ which operates apair of toggle links III having their-ends secured to'the bars 6E.-In" this manner, manual movement of tudinally'to operatethe clutchim'eanstil. Means for' mounting the-bars 65 for such sliding movehient isdiagrammati'cally illustrated at l I I-he shank-26 of the rotary cultivator assembly -'-22 carries a housing on its outer 'end, this housing"'b'eing' adjustable on the shank 25 by iiieans ofa set "screw It. The driverpull'ey 24 is 'mour'itedona shaft TI 'journaled in the housing '14" and thisshaft ll' also carries another pulley "I8 operatively connected with apulleyiw mountsimple' transv' sly disposed earth working ous'ing "I4 carries'atransverse- 4 wheels I 8, even though the shaft 86 of the rotary member is disposed at right angles to the short axles I6, as illustrated in Figure 8.

In the above description, there has been described means whereby the machine may be made self-propelling, even though the illustrated structure does not indicate the machine as being selfpropelled while the rotary cultivator assembly 22 'is beinglusedi jHowevenHin- FigureyQ there is represented how a beltI-M may be used to connect the other pulley 5'6 with the other pulley *44 when the attachment plate 36 is shifted into another. position and how a belt IIfi will be used to :connect another portion of the same pulley 44 with a drive pulley II8 of a rotary mower ass'embl'y generally indicated at I20. In such a use of this machine implement, the rotary mower assembly I20 will be equipped with attachment arms' I22 which correspond with the arms 32 and are similarly secured in the fastening means 34 in order .to mount-the rotary mower assembly I20 onathe frame. Another mower assembly I24 is illustrated-in-Figures 10 and 12,-this assembly I24 representing areciprocatory bladed mower, having'attachment arms I25 and'a drive pulley I28 which may belc'onnected to one of the; pulleys 44 by a belt I30. The attachments ,IZQJ and I24 are illustrated in'this disclosure in 'orderto indicateahow this machinemay be" used with a plurality of=such --devices;and is not limited to theuse with therotary cultivator assembly {22. In the position of the plate 3 6, shown in Figure 2, theshank -26 'is disposed forwardly of the implement at one side thereof to similarly disposethe cultivator assembly 22. In another shifteclvposi- 'tion-ofsaid plate- 36, shown in Figure 8, the shank -26 isdisposedcrosswise of the implement with the cultivator assembly "at: the other -side of the implementand working crosswise of the implement. In'thislast position,-=-the motor42 does not drive the ground wheels I8.

:The operation of; this invention will be clearly understood froma-consideration'of the foregoing '-description of the mechanical details thereof, takerrin connection with the drawingsand with the above recited'vobjects of this invention, -r'ecapitulationf it will "be clearthat such attachment andthe rotar cultivator assembly! 22-may be secured in a variety of positions such asthose positions indicatedin-Figures 1 and 8, and in the dash 'line'representa-tion in Figure 2 -It,-willbe clear that all the above recited objects-are; amply achieved by this invention. Further description ,-would appear unnecessary.

'from the embodiment disclosed-may be resorted to within 7' the spirit-:of the invention-andl-the Minor variations scope thereof shoul'd jbe-determined-- only in accordance with thefrproper interpretation of the subjoinedclaims. 1

Having described the invemmha is claimed 1. An implement comprising aframeihaving a pair of ground contacting wheelsflandlalifiat' bed plate, a. motor- .having a hat :atta'ch'mentpla'te, a "rotary: tool a'ssembly having a V drive ipull'ey; and r adjustable farm 'sme'ans f for "securing: said. .toolS: on r the'ffra'me tselectivelyiin \any' one of a pluralityiof p'ositionsfc'said attachment plate: bein ilikewise selectively secured to saidbedplate in: any one'of a plurality of positions so thatf thez pulle maybe .beltdriven from said motor when the rotary tool fassembly is in any *one' of the aforesaid selected :5 positions.

2.: An @implement' comprising i f rame .:having a-pair of groundcon-tactingwheelslanda fiat bed plate, a motor having a fiat attachment plate, a rotary tool assembly having a drive pulley, and means for securing said tool on the frame selectively in any one of a plurality of positions, said attachment plate being likewise selectively secured to said bed plate in any one of a plurality of positions so that the pulley may be belt driven from said motor when the rotary tool assembly is in any one of the aforesaid selected positions, said means Comprising an arm on said tool assembly and members on said attachment plate adjustably receiving said arm.

3. An implement comprising a frame having a pair of ground contacting wheels and a flat bed plate, a motor having a flat attachment plate, a rotary tool assembly having a drive pulley, and means for securing said tool on the frame selectively in any one of a plurality of positions, said attachment plate being likewise selectively secured to said bed plate in any one of a plurality of positions so that the pulley may be belt driven from said motor when the rotary tool assembly is in any one of the aforesaid selected positions, said tool assembly including a shank, and said bed plate having fastening means to selectively hold the shank in any one of a plurality of positions.

4. An implement comprising a frame havin a pair of ground contacting Wheels and a flat bed plate, a motor having a flat attachment plate, a rotary tool assembly having a drive pulley, and means for securing said tool on the frame selectively in any one of a plurality of positions, said attachment plate being likewise selectively secured to said bed plate in any one of a plurality of positions so that the pulley may be belt driven from said motor when the rotary tool assembly is in any one of the aforesaid selected positions, said tool assembly including a shank, a sleeve to receive said shank, spaced arms on said sleeve, and similarly spaced fastening members on said attachment plate for selectively receiving said arms.

5. An implement comprising a'frame havin a pair of ground contacting wheels and a flat bed having a shank, a shaft rotatably mounted on one end of the shank and carrying said drive pulley, a toothed ground contacting element rotatably mounted on the shank adjacent said pulley and operatively connected with said shaft, a ground contactin wheel carried by said end of the shank, said means for securing comprising a sleeve on said shank, spaced arms on said sleeve, and fastening means on said attachment plate for selectively engaging said arms.

6. An implement according to claim 1, and including a shaft on said frame operatively con nected to said motor, pulleys on said shaft and having clutches for releasably connecting the pulleys with the shaft, said ground contacting wheels having pulleys thereon, belts connecting the pulleys on said wheels to the pulleys on said shaft, a drive shaft carried by said frame and operatively connected to the first-named shaft, pulleys on the drive shaft, and pulleys on opposite sides of the motor at least one of which is aligned for belt connection to one of the pulleys on the drive shaft in each of the different positions of said attachment plate.

PAUL E. YACOBY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,047,262 Matejowitz Dec. 17, 1912 1,600,663 Barrowman Sept. 21, 1926 

